feverish
adjective
fe·ver·ish
ˈfe-vər-ish 
ˈfē-vrish
1
2
: marked by intense emotion, activity, or instability
feverish excitement
feverishly
adverb
feverishness
noun
Examples of feverish in a Sentence
She was feeling tired and feverish.
He had a feverish appearance.
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—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Three of the previous five matchups were loopy, feverish close finishes, and the other two were indiscriminate blowouts by the home team.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Meanwhile, tornado activity has started in 2025 at a feverish pace, with preliminary reports of more than 700 tornadoes by early May.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 17 May 2025
When the director widens his scope, to survey the broader social behaviors on display, The Plague adopts a primal urgency and the film possesses the feverish energy of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies or Claire Denis’ Beau Travail.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Three of the previous five matchups were loopy, feverish close finishes, and the other two were indiscriminate blowouts by the home team.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Feverish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feverish. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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feverish
adjective
fe·ver·ish
ˈfēv-(ə-)rish
1
a
: having a fever
b
: of, relating to, or being fever
c
: tending to cause fever
2
: showing great emotion or activity : hectic
feverish excitement
feverishly
adverb
feverishness
noun
Medical Definition
feverish
adjective
fe·ver·ish
ˈfēv-(ə-)rish
1
: showing symptoms indicating fever (as increased heat and thirst or delirium) : having a fever
the patient is feverish
specifically
: abnormally hot
the child's forehead felt feverish
2
: of or indicating fever
a feverish condition
3
: infected with or tending to cause fever
a damp, feverish, unhealthy spot—R. L. Stevenson
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